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Kismet
Is it possible for someone to actually fuck your brains out? Because Tracey hasn’t made a single sane decision since she began sleeping with Mitch. The sexy and charismatic advertising executive who just so happens to be her boss.
When Mitch ends the forbidden situationship, Tracey is left unemployed, single and at a crossroads. After all, this is not how she expected her twenties to play out. Her friends seem to have better jobs, better salaries and are having far better sex.
Tracey needs help.
In this choose-your-own erotic adventure, help Tracey broaden her horizons and find herself. And maybe she will find another man along the way.
When Mitch ends the forbidden situationship, Tracey is left unemployed, single and at a crossroads. After all, this is not how she expected her twenties to play out. Her friends seem to have better jobs, better salaries and are having far better sex.
Tracey needs help.
In this choose-your-own erotic adventure, help Tracey broaden her horizons and find herself. And maybe she will find another man along the way.
410 pages, Paperback
Published November 7, 2023
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November 26, 2023
This was such a fun adventure
This is an adults only choose you’re own adventure.
You get to decide Tracey’s fate. Will you choose wisely or give in to her Villain era?!
With so many different paths to take you on there’s lots of fun to be had 😜
You’ll find yourself back at the start wanting to choose all over again.
Vanilla or Villain which route would you take?
This is an adults only choose you’re own adventure.
You get to decide Tracey’s fate. Will you choose wisely or give in to her Villain era?!
With so many different paths to take you on there’s lots of fun to be had 😜
You’ll find yourself back at the start wanting to choose all over again.
Vanilla or Villain which route would you take?
March 2, 2024
Kismet by Gab Tuls is a "choose your own adventure" story/erotica for the episode girlies like me who never had enough diamonds to make the out of pocket decisions. 🤭
Don’t always go for the crazier option however cause I ended up with If you'd like Tracey to have a happy ever after, return to the start and help her make better choices.😭
Eventually, I did go back a decision and got an epilogue but it was slightly underwhelming. To be fair though, there’s only so much a book can achieve in so few pages.
I would also recommend not taking the book too seriously if you're easily icked out by stuff. For example, the book starts off with the fmc sleeping with and obsessed with her married boss which is...not exactly a great start.
Overall, this was a short and entertaining read so 2.5 🌟.
Don’t always go for the crazier option however cause I ended up with If you'd like Tracey to have a happy ever after, return to the start and help her make better choices.😭
Eventually, I did go back a decision and got an epilogue but it was slightly underwhelming. To be fair though, there’s only so much a book can achieve in so few pages.
I would also recommend not taking the book too seriously if you're easily icked out by stuff. For example, the book starts off with the fmc sleeping with and obsessed with her married boss which is...not exactly a great start.
Overall, this was a short and entertaining read so 2.5 🌟.
April 30, 2024
Kismet. A word I had never heard until this book. According to google it means fate/destiny.
Tracey’s fate is literally in the reader’s hands, as we get to decide which way her life goes by making one simple choice.
The book is a choose your own adventure style book, but R rated for adults.
Where we get to choose the good vs bad option.
Would you choose the sensible option or the more erratic option? I chose both, yes I went back and read the book twice so I could see what happened to Tracey in both scenarios.
I loved this book. I loved Tracey. I loved the spice. I loved that it was fast paced.
Tracey’s fate is literally in the reader’s hands, as we get to decide which way her life goes by making one simple choice.
The book is a choose your own adventure style book, but R rated for adults.
Where we get to choose the good vs bad option.
Would you choose the sensible option or the more erratic option? I chose both, yes I went back and read the book twice so I could see what happened to Tracey in both scenarios.
I loved this book. I loved Tracey. I loved the spice. I loved that it was fast paced.
December 26, 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed this “choose your ending” book. Tracey doesn’t have the best choice in men, and she struggles to find her path after being fired by her boss/married “boyfriend”. I read a couple different pathways and loved how the ending differed.
The book is very fast paced which doesn’t allow for a lot of character development but I enjoyed it regardless
The book is very fast paced which doesn’t allow for a lot of character development but I enjoyed it regardless
July 9, 2024
3,5 étoiles! j’ai aimé pouvoir choisir ce qu’elle allait faire, même si qu’elle n’a pas eu la meilleure des fins. l’histoire comme telle est light, mais quand même assez spicy du début à la fin! je pense peut être relire plus tard et faire d’autres choix pour voir où ça mène.
May 6, 2024
I don’t wanna talk about it 😂
November 14, 2023
OMG! I totally forgot how fun the books of my childhood were when you got to pick how the story went. You read a few chapters then you get to choose what path the main character makes. The author gives you two choices and then you click the link (if reading eBook, otherwise it will tell you the page number to turn to) to hop to the path you want to take and you read until the next choice presents itself. It is so fun to feel like you are a part of the main character making choices for her. It also allows you to read the book multiple times and have different results as you make different choices. The main character is at a crossroads and needs to make better life choices as the book starts out with her in the midst of a horrible path that she willingly led herself down. You get to choose whether she makes better choices or continues down the path of self-destruction. It's a short story so you don't get a ton of depth in the characters, but the fun of making choices for the character balances that out in my opinion. It isn't going to hit any classic literature lists or outstanding reads (5 stars in my opinion), but it is going to be on my list of fun short stories to read! It's better than just good (3 stars in my opinion) as it adds the fun factor of choosing how the story progresses, so I'd give it a solid 3.5 stars and with the 5-star rating that rounds up to 4 stars.
January 5, 2024
This was so much fun! A smutty choose your own adventure, what’s not to love?!
I had the dilemma at first of deciding if I should make our main character Tracey do what I would do, or the opposite.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and read it in one night. In case you’re wondering yes I did go back and change some of my choices 🤭
I had the dilemma at first of deciding if I should make our main character Tracey do what I would do, or the opposite.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and read it in one night. In case you’re wondering yes I did go back and change some of my choices 🤭
November 20, 2025
As someone who loved choose-your-own-adventures as a kid, and loves smutty romance as an adult, this was so much fun! Since there had to be enough room for plenty of choices, the story certainly isn't very deep, but I don't think that's what you go in looking for here. I really enjoyed it and hope there will be more!
January 3, 2024
Disappointed. So much so I didn't even finish it.
I was approved for an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of this book and got rather excited because it was the first ever ARC I got approved for. I was hoping for it to be a fun, interesting read. It was quite interesting but not so much in a fun way. The only "fun" thing about it was that the story is a "choose your own adventure type" stories. Typically, I love choose your own adventures, but this one threw me for a loop.
First off, the writing style is abismal. Starting the story where your FMC (female main character) has to set an alarm to wake up before the guy she's hooking up with just to apply make-up and make herself look as if she naturally woke up like that is just sad. The story also jumps right into them having sex??? That definitely wasn't how I expected the story to start.
The choices provided wasn't up to par either. One of the choices I made was for Tracey (the FMC) to make a scene when Mitch (the MMC -- male main character) was breaking up and firing her (because he's her boss and was using Tracey to cheat on his wife), it felt anticlimactic. Her saying "fuck yourself" and being disruptive isn't much of a scene. Then a choice later on after that break up is between Tracey making a Tinder profile or her becoming a topless waitress with her friend? How does it escalate to that? That just seemed an out of pocket choice to me to be honest. I, attempting to try something new, went for the topless waitress option because I assumed it would be more fun to read about. It wasn't. It was more confusing to read. A stripper got added to the event her and her friend were working at and the stripper singed some guys chest hair off??? When the story made it sound like she literally set him on fire -- burning him alive??? I had to do a double take and re-read a few times to realize what the stripper actually did.
And that's where I decided to stop. I could not get into this story. I hated Mitch. I couldn't care for Tracey. The choices weren't as fun or silly as I was expecting. The writing, especially the bit of smut in the beginning was pretty mediocre. I was really excited for this and wound up diappointed.
I was approved for an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of this book and got rather excited because it was the first ever ARC I got approved for. I was hoping for it to be a fun, interesting read. It was quite interesting but not so much in a fun way. The only "fun" thing about it was that the story is a "choose your own adventure type" stories. Typically, I love choose your own adventures, but this one threw me for a loop.
First off, the writing style is abismal. Starting the story where your FMC (female main character) has to set an alarm to wake up before the guy she's hooking up with just to apply make-up and make herself look as if she naturally woke up like that is just sad. The story also jumps right into them having sex??? That definitely wasn't how I expected the story to start.
The choices provided wasn't up to par either. One of the choices I made was for Tracey (the FMC) to make a scene when Mitch (the MMC -- male main character) was breaking up and firing her (because he's her boss and was using Tracey to cheat on his wife), it felt anticlimactic. Her saying "fuck yourself" and being disruptive isn't much of a scene. Then a choice later on after that break up is between Tracey making a Tinder profile or her becoming a topless waitress with her friend? How does it escalate to that? That just seemed an out of pocket choice to me to be honest. I, attempting to try something new, went for the topless waitress option because I assumed it would be more fun to read about. It wasn't. It was more confusing to read. A stripper got added to the event her and her friend were working at and the stripper singed some guys chest hair off??? When the story made it sound like she literally set him on fire -- burning him alive??? I had to do a double take and re-read a few times to realize what the stripper actually did.
And that's where I decided to stop. I could not get into this story. I hated Mitch. I couldn't care for Tracey. The choices weren't as fun or silly as I was expecting. The writing, especially the bit of smut in the beginning was pretty mediocre. I was really excited for this and wound up diappointed.
December 16, 2023
Overall, the setting underwent significant changes within a short period of time. I felt like our protagonist was everywhere, but it could be due to the choices I made. The interactive aspect of the book was enjoyable, but I believe it could have been improved. It seemed that the choices weren't crucial for her life. Most of the time, I wished there was another option because the ones available were not good. The protagonist's usual choices as a main character didn't work for her, and the less interesting ones made the story enjoyable. I think I would have rather read about one of the side characters' stories, and nearly all the love interests seemed so shallow, and were never a right fit for the protagonist. Their role was simply to fill space in a plot that was not really there. Overall, the plot didn’t really go anywhere, making you have to reread the book if you ‘made’ the main character have a disappointing ending, which just felt a bit tiring to me. I found the element of choice in the books to be enjoyable. However one of the great things about books is that you don’t get the choice, you have to read and live with the choices the main character makes; through the cringy, humiliating, crude decisions they make. Generating a complex protagonist that you want to learn more about and push through to understand why and how their choice affects their narrative. I recognise that this is also being created with choices, as we are seeing how our choices for the protagonist impacts the story, nevertheless 'acting god', meant that we felt responsible and in some ways gets rid of some of the enjoyment. Overall, an intriguing idea, I just feel it was not executed well, and ought to have a more complex, lengthy plot. In which we see the central character transformation due to the decisions and in which the love interests actually have personalities.
November 29, 2023
A fun, raunchy choose-your-own adventure.
Have you ever debated between being a topless waitress or downloading Tinder? Well this book provides you scandalous and comical choices as we follow our FMC's trail of chaos in this choose-your-own adventure romance.
I read this book twice, once choosing all the things I would do in real-life (the safe, less exciting option), then again making the most outrageous choices - and I highly recommend the outrageous option. Both reads were so much fun.
What makes this choose-your-own adventure work so well is the characters. Our FMC, Tracey, her best friend, her ex and the supporting characters are all flawed, in a chaotic neutral sort of way. It makes you want to know what's going to happen next, while at the same time never being sure of how your choices will play out.
I love that our main character Tracey has a ride or die best friend who shows up a lot throughout the book. We need more female friendship in romance and this book delivers.
The cadence of story to choices ratio is spot on. We read enough to get a good feel for the setting and overall flow and the choices are frequent enough to make it feel like the reader is in control. Also, the choices are hilarious, do you want to flirt with the cute guy you just met on the plane or have sex with him in the airplane bathroom? (Hint: join the mile high club, and thank me later)
This book is best read when you're going through a break-up and considering moving to Australia. If you meet a cute guy on the plane and then again at the beach, you know you made the right choice - it must be kismet.
Have you ever debated between being a topless waitress or downloading Tinder? Well this book provides you scandalous and comical choices as we follow our FMC's trail of chaos in this choose-your-own adventure romance.
I read this book twice, once choosing all the things I would do in real-life (the safe, less exciting option), then again making the most outrageous choices - and I highly recommend the outrageous option. Both reads were so much fun.
What makes this choose-your-own adventure work so well is the characters. Our FMC, Tracey, her best friend, her ex and the supporting characters are all flawed, in a chaotic neutral sort of way. It makes you want to know what's going to happen next, while at the same time never being sure of how your choices will play out.
I love that our main character Tracey has a ride or die best friend who shows up a lot throughout the book. We need more female friendship in romance and this book delivers.
The cadence of story to choices ratio is spot on. We read enough to get a good feel for the setting and overall flow and the choices are frequent enough to make it feel like the reader is in control. Also, the choices are hilarious, do you want to flirt with the cute guy you just met on the plane or have sex with him in the airplane bathroom? (Hint: join the mile high club, and thank me later)
This book is best read when you're going through a break-up and considering moving to Australia. If you meet a cute guy on the plane and then again at the beach, you know you made the right choice - it must be kismet.
January 5, 2024
✨BOOK 1 of 2024✨
📚Kismet - Gab Tuls📚
Let me see how long I can keep this up for 🙈😂 I was definitely slack with the reviews last year, but I want to be better!
When I heard this was a choose your own adventure for adults you best believe I was running to sign up for the ARC (and babes, I don’t run for anything 😂). I grew up loving this style of book, but make it adult with a whole lot of smut and you are speaking to my soul 🥵 I loved it so much and it was the perfect way to kick off my reading in 2024!
It was such a fun experience and I made sure that I went back and forth to get every possible sequence of events - so good! The writing was so humorous and definitely gave me the LOLs with how wild things got for the characters. It was just a bit of fun to not take things so seriously straight up this year and honestly it is such a slump-buster! Loved it and I highly recommend picking it up! 😍
What you can expect:
💋 Choose your own adventure (but for adults 😜)
💋 So many different choices
💋 Spicy, smutty goodness 🌶️
💋 LOLs 😂
This was such a fun concept and I loved the smutty take on what was definitely a classic for me growing up.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you so much to @gab_tuls a.k.a @bon.reads.books for sending me an e-book copy to review 🙏🏻 OUT NOW!! 😍 I am definitely grabbing myself the physical copy, and from a self-published queen, how can I not? 🩷 go and support this babe if you can (even if it’s just a follow for now - her stories are the best 😂)
#lizzieslittlelibrary #kismet #gabtuls #chooseyourownadventure #smuttyromcom #bookreview #bookstagram #aussiebookstagrammer
📚Kismet - Gab Tuls📚
Let me see how long I can keep this up for 🙈😂 I was definitely slack with the reviews last year, but I want to be better!
When I heard this was a choose your own adventure for adults you best believe I was running to sign up for the ARC (and babes, I don’t run for anything 😂). I grew up loving this style of book, but make it adult with a whole lot of smut and you are speaking to my soul 🥵 I loved it so much and it was the perfect way to kick off my reading in 2024!
It was such a fun experience and I made sure that I went back and forth to get every possible sequence of events - so good! The writing was so humorous and definitely gave me the LOLs with how wild things got for the characters. It was just a bit of fun to not take things so seriously straight up this year and honestly it is such a slump-buster! Loved it and I highly recommend picking it up! 😍
What you can expect:
💋 Choose your own adventure (but for adults 😜)
💋 So many different choices
💋 Spicy, smutty goodness 🌶️
💋 LOLs 😂
This was such a fun concept and I loved the smutty take on what was definitely a classic for me growing up.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you so much to @gab_tuls a.k.a @bon.reads.books for sending me an e-book copy to review 🙏🏻 OUT NOW!! 😍 I am definitely grabbing myself the physical copy, and from a self-published queen, how can I not? 🩷 go and support this babe if you can (even if it’s just a follow for now - her stories are the best 😂)
#lizzieslittlelibrary #kismet #gabtuls #chooseyourownadventure #smuttyromcom #bookreview #bookstagram #aussiebookstagrammer
July 24, 2024
Oh, boy. Another ironic read to entertain my friends on Discord with. I got this for free on Amazon. The writing is pretty decent and the sex scenes are enjoyable at least. My girl Tracey keeps choosing the worst choices, her inner monologue is weirdly misogynistic and lacks self-awareness. I mean she gets a good-ish ending, and she recognizes her dumb mistakes to an extent, but it's not satisfactory or...one that makes sense? I think the author should pick up writing Interactive Fiction using Choice Script or Twine because they have potential. I just feel like this whole book is just lacking and isn't really tapping into the author's real ability to write. I read this ironically as part of a bit and most of my friends were yelling about how unlikeable and pathetic the main character is. Tracey is pathetic, let's get that out of the way. A completely selfish, two dimensional, and boring character with an equally boring ending.
Towards the end of the story however, I don't know if it's a problem with Kindle but it seemed like there was formatting issues because I had to find the next scenes myself since I couldn't find the next choices. Definitely needed a few more passes with the copyeditors.
Towards the end of the story however, I don't know if it's a problem with Kindle but it seemed like there was formatting issues because I had to find the next scenes myself since I couldn't find the next choices. Definitely needed a few more passes with the copyeditors.
March 3, 2024
Kismet follows Tracy and her romantic life. Tracy falls for her boss at work, who is married. Tracy soon learns that Mitch’s wife is pregnant, and loses her job after Mitch fires her. She is heartbroken and confused.
This book was fun in the aspect that you got to choose which path Tracy took, every few chapters you are given two options that Tracy can make! I found this aspect of it fun and enjoyed being able to change her pathway. The book was a short story so it didn’t take too long to finish it. I even went back and explored some of the other choices that Tracy could have taken. This book has a lot of spice, so if you like that in your novels, you will enjoy this book!
I loved that Tracy had a good support network with her girl friends, especially Kat. She relies on chatting with Kat through her rough periods, hoping for solid advice. I feel like Tracy’s self esteem and personal worth is very low, hence having bad habits with her choices of men. It is a short story so there isn’t much room for a great amount of character development, but if you are looking for something short and fun, this will be good for you.
This book was fun in the aspect that you got to choose which path Tracy took, every few chapters you are given two options that Tracy can make! I found this aspect of it fun and enjoyed being able to change her pathway. The book was a short story so it didn’t take too long to finish it. I even went back and explored some of the other choices that Tracy could have taken. This book has a lot of spice, so if you like that in your novels, you will enjoy this book!
I loved that Tracy had a good support network with her girl friends, especially Kat. She relies on chatting with Kat through her rough periods, hoping for solid advice. I feel like Tracy’s self esteem and personal worth is very low, hence having bad habits with her choices of men. It is a short story so there isn’t much room for a great amount of character development, but if you are looking for something short and fun, this will be good for you.
March 3, 2024
Kismet follows Tracy and her romantic life. Tracy falls for her boss at work, who is married. Tracy soon learns that Mitch’s wife is pregnant, and loses her job after Mitch fires her. She is heartbroken and confused.
This book was fun in the aspect that you got to choose which path Tracy took, every few chapters you are given two options that Tracy can make! I found this aspect of it fun and enjoyed being able to change her pathway. The book was a short story so it didn’t take too long to finish it. I even went back and explored some of the other choices that Tracy could have taken. This book has a lot of spice, so if you like that in your novels, you will enjoy this book!
I loved that Tracy had a good support network with her girl friends, especially Kat. She relies on chatting with Kat through her rough periods, hoping for solid advice. I feel like Tracy’s self esteem and personal worth is very low, hence having bad habits with her choices of men. It is a short story so there isn’t much room for a great amount of character development, but if you are looking for something short and fun, this will be good for you.
This book was fun in the aspect that you got to choose which path Tracy took, every few chapters you are given two options that Tracy can make! I found this aspect of it fun and enjoyed being able to change her pathway. The book was a short story so it didn’t take too long to finish it. I even went back and explored some of the other choices that Tracy could have taken. This book has a lot of spice, so if you like that in your novels, you will enjoy this book!
I loved that Tracy had a good support network with her girl friends, especially Kat. She relies on chatting with Kat through her rough periods, hoping for solid advice. I feel like Tracy’s self esteem and personal worth is very low, hence having bad habits with her choices of men. It is a short story so there isn’t much room for a great amount of character development, but if you are looking for something short and fun, this will be good for you.
November 11, 2023
Kismet by Gab Tuls was a reawakening of my love for the choose-your-own-adventure novel. I never considered how fun that format would be for a romance story! It really takes away some of the frustration you might feel with a main character that frustratingly chooses an option you really wish they wouldn't.
I read through a few different paths for this story and actually found myself loving a sad ending just as much as a happy one. Where a happy ending is a comfortable and expected one in the romance genre, allowing the main character to end up without romance pushed the story into something more reflective and profound.
There's also a bigger message within the writing about how many paths we take end up at the same destination, and how maybe mistakes aren't as much an end to our path as we might think.
I recommend it for anyone who's looking for a bit more control in what surrounds them, meanwhile I'll be reading!
I read through a few different paths for this story and actually found myself loving a sad ending just as much as a happy one. Where a happy ending is a comfortable and expected one in the romance genre, allowing the main character to end up without romance pushed the story into something more reflective and profound.
There's also a bigger message within the writing about how many paths we take end up at the same destination, and how maybe mistakes aren't as much an end to our path as we might think.
I recommend it for anyone who's looking for a bit more control in what surrounds them, meanwhile I'll be reading!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 6, 2023
First I want to say thank you to the publisher and author for giving me an ARC on NetGalley!
This was an interesting style book! This was my first “choose your own adventure” type of book and I loved it! I loved having the option to choose what direction I wanted the character to take! I’ve honestly always wanted to write one of these. Our main character is Tracey, who’s just had things ended with her boss, explores her life and tries to figure out what direction she wants to take. Her energy as a character was annoying to me at times because I felt like she was too absorbed in dating that she didn’t really take any time out for herself. There were good choices to choose from, but I would have loved to see more self-care and self-reflecting options. I’m still a bit stumped as to how the last pair of choices led to the endings that they gave. But overall, it was an interesting read.
Rating: 3.5/5
This was an interesting style book! This was my first “choose your own adventure” type of book and I loved it! I loved having the option to choose what direction I wanted the character to take! I’ve honestly always wanted to write one of these. Our main character is Tracey, who’s just had things ended with her boss, explores her life and tries to figure out what direction she wants to take. Her energy as a character was annoying to me at times because I felt like she was too absorbed in dating that she didn’t really take any time out for herself. There were good choices to choose from, but I would have loved to see more self-care and self-reflecting options. I’m still a bit stumped as to how the last pair of choices led to the endings that they gave. But overall, it was an interesting read.
Rating: 3.5/5
January 30, 2024
★ 1.5 stars!!
💌 ”kismet is sort of like fate or destiny.”
okay, so ”kismet” had this cool choose-your-own-adventure concept where you decide the main character's moves. fun, right? 😋 but i gotta say – the story was quite the opposite. nothing grabbed me until tracey (fmc) met aiden, and that was the ONLY highlight 😭
i made what i thought were good choices, got a cute ending, so it gets a teensy boost from a one-star disaster 🥴. there was some spice, not mind-blowing though. but oh boy, the grammatical errors! 😣 it felt a bit like a cringe-worthy wattpad draft 🤦🏾♀️
honestly, i wanted to love it, but it was a struggle to finish 😭. boring and confusing sums it up 🤷🏾♀️. not my cup of tea.
"Thank you NetGalley, Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op, and the author for sending me a copy of this e-arc. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."
💌 ”kismet is sort of like fate or destiny.”
okay, so ”kismet” had this cool choose-your-own-adventure concept where you decide the main character's moves. fun, right? 😋 but i gotta say – the story was quite the opposite. nothing grabbed me until tracey (fmc) met aiden, and that was the ONLY highlight 😭
i made what i thought were good choices, got a cute ending, so it gets a teensy boost from a one-star disaster 🥴. there was some spice, not mind-blowing though. but oh boy, the grammatical errors! 😣 it felt a bit like a cringe-worthy wattpad draft 🤦🏾♀️
honestly, i wanted to love it, but it was a struggle to finish 😭. boring and confusing sums it up 🤷🏾♀️. not my cup of tea.
"Thank you NetGalley, Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op, and the author for sending me a copy of this e-arc. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."
February 27, 2024
I'm thinking of giving this book a 3.5/5, and for the spicy scenes, maybe a 3/5. Not something I dislike, but not exactly my favorite either. A so-so book (for me).
Now, the 'choose your own adventure' concept? Absolutely love it. The roller coaster of the adventure was cool.
Some parts of the narrative felt a bit meh tho. Maybe because it stuck too closely to the initial plot. Personally, it felt a bit forced, like something was missing.
As a reader who is taking the wheel of the adventure options, characters should evolve and grow through our choices, not sticking rigidly to their starting point or plot. It affects the spicy scenes too, some of them just vanished, even tho they were listed. Pretty disappointing.
Now, the link situation. The document I got had some wonky links, and it threw me off. The plot became inconsistencies galore (thankfully, I bookmarked it).
On the bright side, the characters here aren't dull. They're all intriguing. The language is straightforward too, not tangled up, and easy to grasp. A big plus for me. And hey, there are plenty of moral messages to take away!!
Now, the 'choose your own adventure' concept? Absolutely love it. The roller coaster of the adventure was cool.
Some parts of the narrative felt a bit meh tho. Maybe because it stuck too closely to the initial plot. Personally, it felt a bit forced, like something was missing.
As a reader who is taking the wheel of the adventure options, characters should evolve and grow through our choices, not sticking rigidly to their starting point or plot. It affects the spicy scenes too, some of them just vanished, even tho they were listed. Pretty disappointing.
Now, the link situation. The document I got had some wonky links, and it threw me off. The plot became inconsistencies galore (thankfully, I bookmarked it).
On the bright side, the characters here aren't dull. They're all intriguing. The language is straightforward too, not tangled up, and easy to grasp. A big plus for me. And hey, there are plenty of moral messages to take away!!
December 30, 2023
3.5
I got this book during the December 2023 Stuff Your Kindle Day. The concept is interesting - a choose your own adventure romance. This is the first book I have read like this and I thought it was a cool concept and that it was done in an *okay* way.
There were a ton of grammar errors in this book, to the point where I was noticing at least one error every other page, from sentence fragments, to incorrect word usage (as if it was replaced by autocorrect), to incorrect punctuation usage. It was a bit distracting from the story, but could be easily corrected with an editor.
A couple of the scenes were a bit lacking in chemistry, but I think with a short story like this and with the “choose your own ___” concept, it would be a bit hard to have the character development that I’ve grown accustomed to in the books I’ve read recently.
I got this book during the December 2023 Stuff Your Kindle Day. The concept is interesting - a choose your own adventure romance. This is the first book I have read like this and I thought it was a cool concept and that it was done in an *okay* way.
There were a ton of grammar errors in this book, to the point where I was noticing at least one error every other page, from sentence fragments, to incorrect word usage (as if it was replaced by autocorrect), to incorrect punctuation usage. It was a bit distracting from the story, but could be easily corrected with an editor.
A couple of the scenes were a bit lacking in chemistry, but I think with a short story like this and with the “choose your own ___” concept, it would be a bit hard to have the character development that I’ve grown accustomed to in the books I’ve read recently.
February 1, 2024
An interesting concept - a "choose your own adventure" - but the execution wasn't a good fit for me. I was not a fan of the protagonist Tracey/Trace - she was cheated on by her first boyfriend and then becomes the mistress to a married man, and with little to no guilt. She seemed to either be painted as meek (run away from the office and cry in the bathroom, join Tinder) or unhinged (cause a scene, become a topless waitress) rather than a choice of being in control of her situation (firmly speak your truth and stand up for yourself, get therapy and meet someone when you're ready). Once I'm not a fan of the protagonist, it's hard to get invested in a story.
With a bit of refinement, this could be a really great story - but as it is, it lacked in execution.
ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
With a bit of refinement, this could be a really great story - but as it is, it lacked in execution.
ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
April 2, 2024
We are sad to say this book was not for us, from beginning to the concept of “choose your own adventure”, it was difficult to keep up with and understand. This book sadly is a No all around, we are all for a women having fun and making decision for her, but there were just moments in the story we could not get behind, it start right in the first chapter, the FMC sets an alarm to wake up before the guy she's hooking up with just to apply make-up and make herself "pretty" that is just sad and demeaning. Oh and after all that they go and start having sex, like why did she even bother do her make-up if it was going to get ruined. I stopped reading after the 2nd "choose your own adventure" because I just did not understand what was going on with the story.
Thank you Gab Tuls and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!
Thank you Gab Tuls and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!
January 3, 2024
Grateful to have received this arc from NetGalley!
The interactive aspect of the book as far as being able to choose an option that resulted in different outcomes was fun and creative; however, I just wasn’t that into the story. The story wasn’t really that exciting, and nothing really caught my attention until Tracey met Aiden, which was probably the most interesting part of the book. The spice was there, but there were many grammatical errors throughout, and it almost felt like I was reading a fanfiction, which kind of ruined the experience of reading the book for me. I really wanted to like the book, but I kind of had to force myself to finish it and choose the other options in case it might’ve just been my first choices that made the book less enjoyable, but it just wasn’t for me.
The interactive aspect of the book as far as being able to choose an option that resulted in different outcomes was fun and creative; however, I just wasn’t that into the story. The story wasn’t really that exciting, and nothing really caught my attention until Tracey met Aiden, which was probably the most interesting part of the book. The spice was there, but there were many grammatical errors throughout, and it almost felt like I was reading a fanfiction, which kind of ruined the experience of reading the book for me. I really wanted to like the book, but I kind of had to force myself to finish it and choose the other options in case it might’ve just been my first choices that made the book less enjoyable, but it just wasn’t for me.
January 5, 2024
Remember the CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE books from childhood??
That's what this book is...a CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! Love this concept! Especially if your in between BIG, heavy, all consuming reads!! Its a fun pallet cleanser! This is an easy, fast paced read. I didn't mind that there was very little character development...essentially its several short stories in one book. You really don't need further development!
Like I said, I love this concept and would like to see more of these!! HOWEVER...please please please have a stronger FMC!! This chick was making terrible decisions! At the start of the book you see the FMC having a doomed affair with the Boss....you then have to make decisions for her! The choices given weren't always ideal...but still a FUN read!
Very little spice
Primary Tropes: Boss/Employee, Not Being Good Enough
That's what this book is...a CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! Love this concept! Especially if your in between BIG, heavy, all consuming reads!! Its a fun pallet cleanser! This is an easy, fast paced read. I didn't mind that there was very little character development...essentially its several short stories in one book. You really don't need further development!
Like I said, I love this concept and would like to see more of these!! HOWEVER...please please please have a stronger FMC!! This chick was making terrible decisions! At the start of the book you see the FMC having a doomed affair with the Boss....you then have to make decisions for her! The choices given weren't always ideal...but still a FUN read!
Very little spice
Primary Tropes: Boss/Employee, Not Being Good Enough
November 11, 2023
Devoured this book in one sitting!
Going back for round two 😈
Kismet has awoken an intense need for more choose your own adventure smut in my life 🙈
I loved being able to make Tracey’s decisions without having the results impact my own personal life 😂 However, it still brought up some morale dilemmas when forced to decide between life altering paths #slidingdoorsmoments
This book was so much fun and engaging; I have not read anything like it before!!
Gabs you know how to hook us in and cleverly craft an erotic novel that keeps us on edge (no pun intended)
Thanks for the spicy fun!
Going back for round two 😈
Kismet has awoken an intense need for more choose your own adventure smut in my life 🙈
I loved being able to make Tracey’s decisions without having the results impact my own personal life 😂 However, it still brought up some morale dilemmas when forced to decide between life altering paths #slidingdoorsmoments
This book was so much fun and engaging; I have not read anything like it before!!
Gabs you know how to hook us in and cleverly craft an erotic novel that keeps us on edge (no pun intended)
Thanks for the spicy fun!
November 19, 2023
I grew up on choose your own adventure books. I can remember sitting for hours on the library floor in front of the choose your own adventure book section and just reading book after book. Now a days I read mostly romance, so to have a combination of these two genres, I had to read this book. Not disappointed.
When it comes to Tracey, I did feel sad for her. She really seemed to get the short end of the stick. To be honest, not sad when she had her creepy boss broke up and she was fired from her job. She deserved better.
This was a fun and entertaining book to read. No matter what choices you choose for Tracey, you really can't go wrong as this book is an interactive experience.
When it comes to Tracey, I did feel sad for her. She really seemed to get the short end of the stick. To be honest, not sad when she had her creepy boss broke up and she was fired from her job. She deserved better.
This was a fun and entertaining book to read. No matter what choices you choose for Tracey, you really can't go wrong as this book is an interactive experience.
November 25, 2023
I have never read a “choose your own path” story so this was interesting! I’m not sure exactly how many paths there are, but I did end up reading it again twice. I chose different paths each time and did end up with two totally different endings.
I thought the title of Kismet meaning fate/destiny while allowing the reader to choose their own path was really clever.
This could end up being a really spicy read for some, or not at all for others depending on the path chosen.
There were a few grammatical errors throughout the book, but overall I really enjoyed picking my own choices!
Thank you NetGalley and Gab Tuls!
I thought the title of Kismet meaning fate/destiny while allowing the reader to choose their own path was really clever.
This could end up being a really spicy read for some, or not at all for others depending on the path chosen.
There were a few grammatical errors throughout the book, but overall I really enjoyed picking my own choices!
Thank you NetGalley and Gab Tuls!
February 8, 2024
I was not familiar with choose your own adventure books, having not grown up with them as a child, so I thought as an adult this would be a fun read for me. And don't get me wrong, it was, and if you're looking for a quick read to take a break after something heaving, this could be for you. But I tend to suffer from a bit of decision fatigue, and it hadn't occurred to me that a choose your won adventure book would also tap into that fatigue. For only that reason, I wouldn't want to read another book of this type, but that's not to say I didn't enjoy the story. I did, and would recommend this to someone who wants a read that's light on plot, light on smut and lighthearted.
February 26, 2024
Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for an advance e-copy of Kismet by Gab Tuls in exchange of an honest review.
"If you're a fan of interactive romance novels with spicy scenes, then 'Kismet' by Gab Tuls is the book for you. The ability to make choices for Tracey's next moves adds an exciting twist to the story. I couldn't help but smile while reading, especially thanks to the funny and lovable character of Kat. While I enjoyed the book overall, I felt that it could have delved deeper into character development. Nevertheless, 'Kismet' is a satisfying and enjoyable read for those who enjoy romance with a touch of spice."
"If you're a fan of interactive romance novels with spicy scenes, then 'Kismet' by Gab Tuls is the book for you. The ability to make choices for Tracey's next moves adds an exciting twist to the story. I couldn't help but smile while reading, especially thanks to the funny and lovable character of Kat. While I enjoyed the book overall, I felt that it could have delved deeper into character development. Nevertheless, 'Kismet' is a satisfying and enjoyable read for those who enjoy romance with a touch of spice."
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